Developing teachers' and teaching researchers' professional competence in mathematics through Chinese Lesson Study

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 239-251

  Huang, Rongjin ^a   Su, Hongyu ^b   Xu, Shihong ^c  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guangdong Academy of Education   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese lesson study; Mathematics teaching researcher; Parallel lesson study; Practicing teachers; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898760772     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-013-0557-8     Document Type: Article

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